Published Date: January 09, 2026
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Job Description:
Join Cisco's Post-Silicon Validation Team, where a startup culture meets the resources of a leading networking company. Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to validate high-performance networking silicon, shaping the future of technology.
Responsibilities:
- Lead hands-on post-silicon electrical validation for networking ASICs.
- Own early-silicon bring-up activities from power-on to feature enablement.
- Define and execute detailed hardware validation plans for functionality, performance, and reliability.
- Drive lab infrastructure setup and test coverage strategy.
- Maintain and optimize lab benches, boards, and test equipment.
- Perform in-depth voltage, current, and signal integrity analysis.
- Independently isolate and root-cause silicon and board-level issues.
- Develop mitigation strategies and design recommendations.
- Validate Ethernet MAC/PHY and high-speed interfaces like PCIe and SerDes.
- Oversee packet-level validation using traffic generators and protocol analyzers.
- Develop and maintain lab automation using scripts (e.g., Python).
- Plan and execute thermal testing across operating ranges.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in post-silicon electrical validation and lab-based silicon debug.
- Experience in electronics, digital logic, signal integrity, and power integrity.
Skills:
- High-speed measurement techniques (eye diagrams, BER, jitter testing).
- Experience with interfaces such as DDR5, USB 3.x, PCIe Gen3, and others.
- Scripting skills for lab automation (Python preferred).
- Understanding of networking fundamentals and packet-based systems.
